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BACKGROUND: Sj?gren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic progressive autoimmune disease. The incidence of peripheral nervous system damage in patients with primary Sj?gren's syndrome (pSS) is 10%-30%. Previous studies have shown that there are multiple electrophysiological manifestations in patients with pSS presenting with peripheral neuropathy. However, there is no consensus on its neuroelectrophysiological manifestations. Peripheral neuropathy associated with pSS is easily confused with peripheral neuropathy caused by other etiologies. OBJECTIVE: To observe the neuroelectrophysiological manifestations of peripheral neuropathy associated with pSS to assist in the diagnosis of the disease. METHODS: A total of 100 pSS patients with peripheral neuropathy who receive treatment in the Department of Neurology, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, in China will be included in this study. Fifty-two patients included in the preliminary experiment presented with peripheral neuropathy associated with pSS. The primary outcome measure is the rate of abnormal motor nerve conduction velocity. The secondary outcome measures include the rate of abnormal terminal motor latency, the rate of abnormal compound muscle action potential amplitude, the rate of sensory nerve conduction velocity, the rate of abnormal sensory nerve action potential amplitude, the rate of abnormal F wave, and the rate of abnormal sympathetic skin response. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Results of 52 patients included in the preliminary study showed that the rate of each electrophysiological index was similar between upper and lower extremities; the rate of abnormal motor nerve conduction velocity was significantly higher than the rate of abnormal compound muscle action potential amplitude; the rate of sensory nerve conduction velocity was significantly higher than the rate of abnormal sensory nerve action potential amplitude; the rate of abnormal motor nerve conduction velocity was similar to the rate of abnormal sensory nerve conduction velocity; the rate of abnormal compound muscle action potential amplitude was similar to the rate of abnormal sensory nerve action potential amplitude; the rate of abnormal wave was significantly lower than the rate of abnormal motor nerve conduction velocity; the rate of abnormal sympathetic skin response was similar to the rate of abnormal motor nerve conduction velocity. Results from this study will reveal neuroelectrophysiological abnormality in peripheral neuropathy associated with pSS, which will help diagnose the disease.
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Objective To study the neuro electrophysiological characteristics of paraneoplastic peripheral neuropathy (PPN) . Methods A retrospective study was conducted for 29 PPN patients consecutively referred to Neurology Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University between January 2000 and June 2017. The electrophysiological characteristics of motor nerves, sensory nerves of upper and lower limbs were analyzed. Measurement indicators include: (1) The motor conduction velocity and compound muscle action potential amplitude of median, ulnar, tibial, and common peroneal nerves; (2) The sensory conduction velocity and sensory nerve action potential amplitude of median, ulnar, tibial, and superficial peroneal nerves;(3) F waves of median and tibial nerves.Results (1) For patients with PPN, their motor and sensory nerves in upper and lower limbs were damaged. The total anomaly rate of the amplitude was higher than that of the nerve conduction velocity (P＜0.05), while the abnormal rate of amplitude of sensory nerve action potential was greater than that of motor nerve compound muscle action potential (P＜0.05) . Abnormal motor nerve conduction velocity had a similar incidence to abnormal sensory nerve conduction velocity (P＞0.05) . (2) Nerve conduction study showed that abnormality rate of lower extremity is higher than that of upper extremity. (3) Abnormal F waves were observed less frequently than abnormal nerve conduction rates (P＜0.05) . Conclusions The electrophysiological properties of PPN were frequently seen in sensorimotor neuropathy. The damage of distal extremities is more serious. The damage in lower extremity is more severe than that in the upper extremity. The axonal damage mainly occurred in sensory nerves. There is no obvious difference in the degree of demyelination between motor and sensory nerves. Evidence can be provided by analyzing the neuro ectrophysiological characteristics for diagnosis of paraneoplastic peripheral neuropathy in early stage.
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Objective To study antioxidant role and mechanism of Rg1 in rats with cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI).Methods One hundred and twenty healthy male rats were randomly divided into six groups: control group, sham operation group, model group, different concentration (30,60,90 mg/kg) of Rg1 treatment group.MCAO SD rats model was established by suture－occluded method;the Rg1 treatment groups were given Rg1 i.p. in advance, after 24 hours of reperfusion, neurobehavioral scores of all groups were examined by Longa’s standard;The expression of Nrf2 and HO－1 were analyzed by western blot;The content of SOD and MDA was detected by kit.Results The score of model group rats are significantly higher than control group,compared with the model group, the score of different concentration of Rg1 treatment group was decreased (P＜0.05) . The Nrf2 and HO－1 expression in model group was mildly higher than the control or sham group (P＜0.05) . Both of them in every Rg1 treatment group was higher than model group. Compared with control or sham group, SOD content was observably depressed but MDA content was dramatically increased in model group,interestingly,SOD content was enhanced, MDA content was attenuated in different concentration of Rg1 treatment group (P＜0.05). Conclusion Rg1 increases Nrf2 and HO－1 protein expression and SOD content, reduces MDA content,improves neurofunctional performance of rats after MCAO,and alleviates cerebral cerebral IRI.